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Ministry of Coal
Coal Ministry Organizes different programs to promote Sustainable & Eco-friendly Lifestyle on World Environment Day 2023
On the occasion of the World Environment Day , Ministry of Coal and Coal PSUs have organized numerous programs to encourage employees and local communities to embrace sustainable and Eco-Friendly Lifestyles in line with the LiFE activities envisioned by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. The LiFE campaign aims to prioritize individual actions in combating climate change. It encourages people to make small but significant changes in their daily lives, such as reducing plastic consumption, minimizing food waste, energy saving, recycling of waste and using public transportation.
Coal Sector under the aegis of Ministry of Coal has actively undertaken a range of sustainable and environmentally friendly initiatives aligned with LiFE actions. These initiatives include strategic efforts in land amelioration and afforestation, effective management of air quality and noise, emission reduction, gainful utilization of mine water for community purposes, implementation of energy-efficient measures, sustainable utilization of overburden and development of Eco Parks and Mine Tourism.
Glimpses of LiFE Activities taken by Coal/Lignite PSUs
During the last two weeks over 200 awareness campaigns/programs have been organized by Coal PSUs to promote and adopt LiFE actions in day-to-day life. These programs encompass a wide array of activities such as raising awareness about the 5R principles of Waste Reduction , hosting informative discussions on the significance of diverse tree species found in coal regions through the "Know Your Tree" initiative, emphasizing the importance of sustainable food systems, distributing fruit-bearing plants/saplings and eco-friendly jute bags, organizing essay writing competitions on the theme of "Lifestyle for Environment," promoting creative endeavors like the Best out of Waste Competition, Quiz competition, Extempore Competition, Speech Competition, Cyclathon etc.
Additional activities like conducting plastic waste collection drives within and around office premises to raise awareness about the detrimental effects of Single-Use Plastic on the environment, organizing e-waste collection drives, facilitating pond cleaning activities, hosting seminars on "Home Composting," & LiFE Actions were also held.
All senior officers, employees of the Ministry of Coal and Coal PSUs have also administered the pledge dedicated to Mission LiFE.
Ministry of Cooperation
MODEL BYE-LAWS FOR PACS
In order to make Primary Agricultural Credit Societies  multipurpose vibrant business entities, draft model bye-laws are being prepared in consultation with the State Governments, National Cooperative Federations and all other stakeholders. These Draft Model Bye-Laws contain various provisions for bringing professionalism, transparency and accountability in their operation. It is to mention that PACS registered and administered under the respective State Cooperative Laws.
The Government is also formulating a new national level policy for cooperatives and two-day National Conference on new Cooperation Policy was held on 12th and 13th April, 2022 with Cooperation Secretaries/ RCSs from all the States/UTs, wherein discussions were inter alia held on legal framework, identification of regulatory, policy & operational barriers; ease of doing business; reforms for strengthening governance; promoting new and social cooperatives; revitalizing defunct ones; making cooperatives vibrant economic entities; cooperation among cooperatives and increasing membership of cooperatives.
Also, a centrally sponsored project for Computerization of 63,000 PACS has been launched to further help them in their digitalization and end-to-end automation of their businesses. It will bring transparency and enhance trustworthiness in the working of PACS and will also help them become nodal service delivery point for Interest Subvention Scheme , PMFBY, Direct Benefit Transfer  for various services and provision of inputs like fertilizers, seeds etc. This pan India IT project and legal reforms through adoption of model bye-laws by PACS will create enabling environment for PACS to become vibrant multipurpose business entities.
This was stated by the Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah in a written reply to question in the Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Earth Sciences
Automated Weather Stations
The reception of Automated Weather Stations  data and its quality is being monitored round the clock at India Meteorological Department  Pune Central Receiving Servers and all IMD State Meteorological Centres. The network of Automatic Weather Stations  with Sensors for the meteorological parameters viz. Atmospheric pressure, Air temperature, Relative humidity, Rainfall, Wind speed and Wind direction undergo servicing/routine preventive maintenance at regular intervals by trained manpower available at IMD offices to ensure the quality of data from the system.
The preventive maintenance ensures necessary exposure conditions at AWS sites as per World Meteorological Organization  guidelines. The technical team during preventive maintenance/servicing, carry out grass cutting, cleaning of solar panels, equipments and general upkeep of the observatory site to ensure the quality of data from the system.
While doing the calibration of sensors, the atmospheric parameters are compared with the travelling standards of sensors during preventative maintenance/Servicing. If any sensor’s accuracy of AWS is not performing as per the WMO criteria, the sensor is replaced with new sensors.
This information was given by the Minister for State  for Ministry of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 98.67 Cr
More than 87 Lakh doses administered in last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently at 98.14%; Highest since March 2020
13,058 New Cases reported in the last 24 hours
India's Active Caseload  is lowest since March 2020
Weekly Positivity Rate  less than 3% for last 116 days
With the administration of 87,41,160 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 98.67 Cr  as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 97,44,653 sessions.
The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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1,03,76,000
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2nd Dose
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90,91,443
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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1,83,62,479
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2nd Dose
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1,55,61,415
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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39,58,41,135
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2nd Dose
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11,40,66,397
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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16,84,48,531
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2nd Dose
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8,71,46,650
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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10,60,88,795
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2nd Dose
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6,17,86,566
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Total
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98,67,69,411
The recovery of 19,470 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients  to 3,34,58,801.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.14%. Recovery Rate is currently at its highest peak since March 2020.
Sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs continue the trend of less than 50,000 Daily New Cases that is being reported for 114 consecutive days now.
13,058 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours. Daily New cases reported to be lowest in 231 days now.
The Active Caseload has fallen below 2 lakh mark and is presently at 1,83,118, which is now lowest since March 2020. Active cases presently constitute 0.54% of the country's total Positive Cases.
The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of
11,81,314 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 59.31 Cr  cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate at 1.36% remains less than 3% for the last 116 days now. The Daily Positivity rate reported to be 1.11%. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 3% for last 50 days and below 5% for 133 consecutive days now.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Tokyo heroes join unique school visit campaign; Neeraj Chopra to visit Sanskardham in Ahmedabad on 4th December
Key Highlight
- Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Anurag Singh Thakur announced the campaign on Twitter
- I am extremely happy and excited to be part of this unique initiative envisioned by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi: Neeraj Chopra
Responding to the clarion call by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on the occasion of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ earlier this year, our Olympians and Paralympians are set to interact with school children on the very important topics of SantulitAahaar , Fitness and Sports to empower future champions of India through a unique campaign. Gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics and now a prominent household name across the country, Neeraj Chopra will initiate this campaign when he visits and interacts with school children from across Gujarat at Sanskardham School in Ahmedabad on 4thDecember, 2021.
The upcoming visit and interaction by Neeraj was announced by Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Anurag Singh Thakur on Twitter. He wrote, "PM Shri Narendra Modi ji gave a clarion call to our Olympians and Paralympians to visit schools and interact with students on the importance of 'SantulitAahaar', fitness, sports and more. Starting December 4th, Neeraj Chopra will be at Shanskardham School in Ahmedabad to launch this mission.
Speaking about the mission, Neeraj said, “I am extremely happy and excited to be part of this unique initiative envisioned by the PM Shri Narendra Modi. This initiative will accelerate the momentum towards creating a sports culture based on fitness, better nutritional intake and greater awareness about physical activities in our daily lives. As athletes we can play a huge role in motivating youngsters to lead a healthier life. I look forward to my interaction with students of Sanskardham School on Saturday."
Saturday’s event will witness Neeraj interacting with students on ‘SantulitAahaar’, which lays emphasis on the importance of balanced diet, nutrition, fitness and sports. Neeraj will also be taking questions from the school children and he will also be participating in fitness and sports activities with them.
Following Neeraj, Tarundeep Rai , Sarthak Bhambhri , Sushila Devi , KC Ganapaty and Varun Thakkar  will be visiting schools in other parts of the country in the coming two months. Among the Paralympians, AvaniLekhara , Bhavina Patel  and Devendra Jhajharia  will be joining them in this mission.
The special campaign, jointly being organized by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, will see our heroes from Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, visit as many schools across the country as possible, in a span of two years. The athletes will share their own experiences, life lessons, tips on how to be the next great sportsperson and also give an overall inspirational boost to the school children.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Centre fast tracks Emergency Approvals for foreign produced COVID-19 Vaccines that have been granted EUA in other countries to Expand the Basket of Vaccines for Domestic Use and Hasten the Pace and Coverage of Vaccination
India is following a comprehensive approach to tackle COVID-19 pandemic in a proactive and pre-emptive manner. In this context, as early as May 2020, India constituted a Task Force headed by Principal Scientific Advisor to encourage R&D for vaccine manufacture & constituted in August 2020 an Expert Group headed by Member, NITI to assist in roll out of the Covid vaccination programme. It was because of these strategies that India became the first country to have two “Made in India” Covid vaccines for domestic vaccination drive.
Vaccination is one of the critical pillars of COVID control and management strategy adopted by the Centre. Presently two vaccines i.e. Covaxin by Bharat Biotech International Limited  and Covishield by Serum Institute of India , have received Emergency Use Authorization  from the National Regulator .
The matter of augmenting the Basket of Vaccines available for fighting the pandemic as well as to accelerate the pace & coverage of domestic vaccination programme was discussed in the 23rd meeting of the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19  held on 11th April 2021, chaired by Dr. V K Paul, Member , Niti Aayog.
The NEGVAC, after comprehensive deliberation, recommended that vaccines for COVID-19, which have been developed & are being manufactured in foreign countries and which have been granted emergency approval for restricted use by USFDA, EMA, UK MHRA, PMDA Japan or which are listed in WHO may be granted emergency use approval in India, mandating the requirement of post-approval parallel bridging clinical trial in place of conduct of local clinical trial as per the provisions prescribed under Second Schedule of the New Drugs & Clinical Trials Rules 2019.
Further, the first 100 beneficiaries of such foreign vaccines shall be assessed for seven days for safety outcomes before it is rolled out for further immunization programme within the country.
The Union Government, after due consideration, has accepted the recommendation of NEGVAC.
This decision will facilitate quicker access to such foreign vaccines by India & would encourage imports including import of bulk drug material, optimal utilization of domestic fill and finish capacity etc., which will in turn provide a fillip to vaccine manufacturing capacity and total vaccine availability for domestic.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs
More than 69.51 Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
More than 5.31 Crore balance and unutilized vaccine doses still available with States/UTs with nearly 78 Lakh doses in Pipeline
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In the new phase of the universalization of the COVID19 vaccination drive, the Union Government will procure and supply  75% of the vaccines being produced by the vaccine manufacturers in the country to States and UTs.
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VACCINE DOSES
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SUPPLIED
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69,51,79,965
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PIPELINE
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77,93,360
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BALANCE AVAILABLE
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5,31,15,610
More than 69.51 crore  vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt of India  and through direct state procurement category. Further, nearly 78 Lakh doses  are in the pipeline.
More than 5.31 Cr  balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
CENTRE COULD PROVIDE 20LAKH LPG CONNECTIONS TO TELANGANA : UNION MINISTER , SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN
Union minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today inaugurated the Gram Swaraj Abhiyan at Suryapet, Telangana today. Speaking on the occasion he said that the Centre would provide 20lakh LPG connections to Telangana state. He said that in districts of Telangana like Mahaboobabad, Jayashankar Bhupalapalli, Konstantinos Bheem Asifabad, there are households which do not have LPG. He said 6 refills of LPG would be provided to consumers with subsidy. He said that LPG outlets at present 707, more outlets will be opened taking them to 1000, LPG connections under Pradhan mantri Ujwal Yojana. There would be no Mandal without LPG distribution outlet.
Shri Pradhan said that Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has said that women would be provided LPG connections to mitigate their difficulties while cooking on chullahs . He said the centre has provided 3 crore 46 lakh LPG connections in the past 4 years.
The minister further said that the Gram Swaraj Abhiyan would be implemented from April 14, the birthday of Baba Saheb Ambedkar the architect of our Constitution to May 5, 2018.
The centre is committed to improving the lives of the poor and the downtrodden, he added. The minister distributed the LPG connections to the beneficiaries.
Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, Member of Parliament, Dr.K.Lakshman, MLA, Ramchander Rao, MLC, HPCL, BPCL and IOCL officials have attended in the programme.
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Prime Minister's Office
PM’s greetings on Navreh
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted people on Navreh.
In a tweet, Shri Modi said
“Navreh greetings to you all! On the special occassion of Navreh, praying for a year filled with joy and success. I also pray for the good health and well-being of everyone.”
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Ministry of Tourism
India Tourism organizes cleanliness drives in Goa on the occasion of World Tourism Day and Swachhata Hi Seva Pakhwada
Goa, 27 September 2023
In commemoration of World Tourism Day - 2023, celebrated under the theme "Tourism & Green Investment," the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, unveiled the global initiative "Travel for LiFE" . As part of the launch, the Union Ministry of Tourism, through India Tourism identified two archaeological sites in Goa: the Churches of Goa and the Mahadev Temple at Tambdi Surla and organized robust cleanliness drives.
Under the active participation of enthusiastic students and their coordinators from Dempo College, Goa College of Home Sciences, CIHM , and Dnyanprassarak Vidyalaya, Mapusa, over 50 students each assembled at both sites. Their dedicated efforts were not only aimed at tidying up the premises but also embracing the "Travel for LiFE" and Swachhta Pledge wholeheartedly. Refreshments were thoughtfully provided to all the participants, ensuring a sense of camaraderie and unity in this noble endeavor.
The event held at the Mahadev Temple, Tambdi Surla, was graced by the presence of Smt. Priya Khandeparkar, lady Sarpanch of Tambdi Surla. Her presence added significance to the event and served as an inspiration to the young participants.
Furthermore, the historical importance of the world heritage site, Churches of Old Goa, was eloquently elaborated by Shri Sachin Mashelkar, a Regional Level Guide, who shared valuable insights with the students.PIB Panaji | Gautam SK/D.Rane
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Ministry of Railways
Digital Payment at Railway Stations
There is no plan to stop the sale of food items on cash at railway stations. However, digital method of transactions for purchase of food items through catering units at Railway Stations is being encouraged. This is intended to facilitate passengers with additional options of payment. As per extant Catering Policy issued vide Commercial Circular 20 of 2017, facility for cashless transaction viz. POS/Swipe machine etc. shall be compulsorily available in all the static units.
This information was given by the Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronic & Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
Special Service and Features
NATIONWIDE DIGITIAL PENSION ADALAT
Digital Nation-Wide Pension Adalat for redressal of grievances of DoT & BSNL pensioners of Tamil Nadu was held at the conference hall, TNT complex, Ethiraj Salai building, Chennai 600 008 on 23.03.2022 from 1100 hrs. to 1300 hrs.
The Nationwide Digital Adalat was inaugurated by Shri K.Rajaraman, Hon'ble Secretary  & Chairman, Digital Communications commission, New Delhi. The Adalat was organized by Controller General of Communication Accounts in the presence of Shri. Dilip Padhye, Member , with the motto of "Pensioner's Delight" to resolve pensioners’ grievances. The Secretary  in his inaugural key note address expressed the need for settling Pensioners' grievances on priority basis and in a flexible manner to reduce the hardships faced by the pensioners.
The Office of Principal Controller of Communication Accounts, Chennai being one of the 28 field units of DoT has taken up this special initiative in reaching out to the pensioners and settling their grievances on quarterly basis through conduct of Adalats.
Pension Adalat of Office of Principal Controller of Communication Accounts - Tamilnadu Circle was chaired by Dr.Niranjana, Principal Controller of Communication Accounts and attended by Shri. Chittaranjan Pradhan, Controller of Communication Accounts and other officers. The link for participating in the virtual Adalat was shared with the individual pensioners and the representatives of Pensioners' Associations, through email.
Representatives of six Pensioners' Associations and 28 individual pensioners participated in the adalat in virtual mode. Officers from the Office of Principal Controller of Communication Accounts, Tamil Nadu Circle, BSNL units, CPPCs of Pension disbursing banks and Office of General Manager  also participated in the Adalat. Joint Controller of Communication Accounts,  addressed the grievances, one by one along with the action taken to resolve the grievances to the satisfaction of the pensioners who participated in the Adalat in virtual mode.
Totally 124 number of grievances were received for the virtual adalat out of which 120 cases stand settled,  97% of the grievances have been redressed in the Adalat. Remaining cases would also be resolved within four weeks.
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